Chocolate Zucchini Cake

October 28, 2008

This scrumptious cake is a variation of my grandma's recipe which I've updated to be gluten-free and lower in refined ingredients, sugar and fat. (This can be made with spelt or wheat flour too.) Richer than my Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Cake recipe, this version is delightfully airy with a delicate balance of aromatic ingredients + extra chocolate. (More info in my blog entry.) Hope you love it as much as I do. :)

Source:

Patty

Ingredients / Directions:

Preheat the oven to 325. Grease and dust a large 13"x9" pan. Sift and mix together:

*I use a gluten-free flour mix of 1c brown rice flour, 1/2c quinoa flour, and 1/4c tapioca starch. Using 1 3/4c of light whole spelt flour, or all purpose flour, should work too - please let us know in the comments if you try.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 40-50 minutes, rotating pan half way through baking. It's ready when the middle springs back when touched, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean. (Test for doneness after 30 minutes.) Be sure not to over-bake or it will be dry - I use a dark ceramic pan and it takes only 40 minutes in my oven. Allow to cool in the pan.

Comments

Have just finished baking this cake and it smells awesome, can't wait to taste it!!!
This will be the third recipe i've tried off your site and all three have been an absolute success. Thanks Patty for sharing all these wonderful recipes and i look forward to more happy cooking and baking......keep up the good posting......ps. sesame almond cookies are next on my baking list.....yum!!

Hi Sonja,
You'll have to do a bit of experimenting - here's a good list of egg replacements. As for the yogurt, you can try replacing it with a non-dairy milk (like almond milk) plus 1 Tbsp tapioca starch (or corn starch). Coconut milk (not water) might work too, though it will end up tasting very coconut-y. Please let us know what you try and how it goes!

I just ate a piece right out of the oven and it is really wonderful! I ended up cooking for only 30 min, but otherwise everything else was exact to your recipe. Thanks for the great lower-sugar chocolate recipe!